"The Surreal Life" (2003) TV series 2003-????

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Creators:

Cris Abrego
Mark Cronin
Rick Telles

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | unknown

Release Date:

9 January 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Reality-TV

Tagline:

See what happens with celebrities stop faking it and get - SURREAL!

Plot:

A reality show about fading celebrities who were hot back in the day, and how they live their day to day lives in one Los Angeles mansion.

Plot Keywords:

Celebrity | Has Been | Rock Star | Teen Idol | Child Star

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Charo	...	Herself (12 episodes, 2004)
Dave Coulier	...	Himself (12 episodes, 2004)
Flavor Flav	...	Himself (12 episodes, 2004)
Jordan Knight	...	Himself (12 episodes, 2004)
Brigitte Nielsen	...	Herself (12 episodes, 2004)
Ryan Starr	...	Herself (12 episodes, 2004)
Adrianne Curry	...	Herself / ... (11 episodes, 2005)
Christopher Knight	...	Himself / ... (11 episodes, 2005)
Jose Canseco	...	Himself (7 episodes, 2005)
Caprice Bourret		(7 episodes, 2005)
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton	...	Herself (7 episodes, 2005)
Janice Dickinson	...	Herself (7 episodes, 2005)
Carey Hart	...	Himself (7 episodes, 2005)
Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth	...	Herself (7 episodes, 2005)
Bronson Pinchot	...	Himself (7 episodes, 2005)
Corey Feldman	...	Himself (7 episodes, 2002-2003)
Erik Estrada	...	Himself / ... (6 episodes, 2003-2004)
Gabrielle Carteris	...	Herself (6 episodes, 2002-2003)
Alexis Arquette	...	Himself (5 episodes, 2004-2006)
Sally Jessy Raphael	...	Herself (5 episodes, 2004-2005)

Runtime:

22 min | USA:30 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:M (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

51 Minds Entertainment

Trivia:

The show's producers claim that after the success of the first season, thousands of applicants had applied for season 2.

Quotes:

Erik Estrada: I am *so* happy to be leaving this house.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Megan Mullally/Clay Aiken (#29.11)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Too Little Too Late

No More Omarosa

Mean, spiteful, cruel and hateful, Omarosa's slurs to Janice Dickinson on "The Surreal Life" was unwarranted, uncalled for, and without merit. With her fifteen minutes of fame long spent, Omarosa and all of her hyphens need to slither back to Capital Hill. Let "The Entertainment Industry" leave the overwrought, overacting to the professionals, or at least Tom Cruise or Shannon Doherty, they are well trained for that type of work. Viewers are not entertained seeing Omarosa call someone a "Crack Whore". We are not entertained with Omarosa using pejoratives that refer to someone as a "Bad Mother," and it is simply heart breaking when Omarosa is given TV air time to tell Janice Dickinson that "your children must hate you". There is no world that I know of where that statement will entertain. Omarosa is not entertaining as a villain; she is not entertaining as an apprentice, Omarosa quite simply is not entertaining. To Janice Dickinson, may I say...I apologize for watching "The Surreal Life", for listening to those things that Omarosa said to you. I agree with you, that was wrong! I just want you to know, from one Mother to another, when Omarosa said those heartless, cruel, defamatory things to you, I, for one, was not entertained!